SHORT SHORTS
Barry Gifford Portrait of the Artist with Four Other Guys
FIRST-PERSON CONTEST WINNERS
Gina Ochsner On Principle
Heather Brittain Bergstrom Celilo Falls
Holly Wilson Night Glow
POETRY
David Bottoms
Natalie Diaz
Michael Dickman
Dan Gerber
Kristine Ong Muslim
Ed Skoog
INTERVIEWS
Jayne Anne Phillips
NONFICTION
Lynn Ahrens Type A
Jeanie Kortum Crystal
BEST ADVICE
Amy Bloom
LETTERS TO A YOUNG WRITER
Richard Bausch
READERS’ NARRATIVES
Carol Davis Elizabeth, New Jersey
CLASSICS
Guy de Maupassant Miss Harriet